If you have not paid your ANNUAL membership Dues
they are Delinquent!
$10/Member LATE FEE begins April 15

LATE FEE of $10/Membership
AFTER APRIL 14, 2018
Memberships received after June 1 do NOT qualify for State Sponsored Awards

You can pay dues ONLINE or MAIL!
REGISTER AND PAY YOUR STATE DUES
before April 15 to avoid late fee!

PAY ONLINE (click here)

PAY VIA MAIL (click here)

NEW DUES STRUCTURE

Adult membership dues are a flat fee of $50.00 per herd prefix.
For each additional individual member per prefix, an additional $25.00 per person.
Those adult members who do not own cattle pay $25.00 per membership.
Junior members pay $5.00 per membership.
Removed from Holstein USA Membership March 15.
Late Fee of $10.00 per adult membership April 15 or later.

A paid State Membership will reduce your registration fees 
and other Holstein Service fees. State Memberships are renewed annually for both Adult & Junior Members.

JUNIORS: If you are a Junior only member (your parents are not state association members, and you wish to receive the Mid-States Magazine then you must include $5 additional (per family) with your junior dues in order to receive the Mid-States.

Membership registration forms are available for download - Click HERE.
Please send completed forms and a check payable
to Missouri Holstein Association to:

Missouri Holstein Association
Jodi Wright, Secretary/Treasurer
11449 Lawrence 2220
Verona, MO 65769

For questions or more information, email  jwright@missouriholstein.com

LIST OF STATE MEMBERS:

If you need a Missouri state member's phone, email
or address click on the link below.

2017 Missouri Membership List - By District

2017 Missouri Membership List - By Last Name

Southern National Spring Show

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MISSOURI DISTRICT SHOW SCHEDULE

There are five district shows. If you are in the area, go and support your local dairy breeders at their district shows. It is a great way to get to know other breeders. Some districts also have meals and other activities planned. If you have any questions just give your district president or me a call. South Central district show date is not yet finalized.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

2018 MISSOURI DELEGATES

Alfred Brandt, Linn, MO
Janice Perry, Republic, MO

WE'RE HEADED TO CENTRAL MISSOURI!

2018 Missouri Holstein Field Day
Tuesday, July 24 - Barnett, Missouri
Luck-E-Charm Holsteins
Michael & Catherine Leinbach

Everyone is Welcome - Bring a Neighbor!

Luck-E-Charm Holsteins is owned and operated by Michael and Catherine Leinbach of Barnett, Missouri. Barnett is located in Central Missouri between Versailles and Eldon. The Leinbach’s have always produced high quality milk achieving the lowest SCC in the DFA central region once and first in their district six of the last ten years.

They have recently built a new sand bedded free-stall facility that houses 100 cows featuring automated flushing systems, curtains, and temperature controlled fans. The new parallel double six rapid exit milking facility completes the key features of this well managed herd. Save the date and plan to spend the day with fellow breeders and industry professionals!

They invite you to save the date of July 24 as you join them for a great day.

Events Include:

The Leinbach's will display and demonstrate:


1. Bedded sand freestall barn 150’ x 105’ with automatic flush system. Flushes every 1.5 hours. Headlocks and TMR facility.
2. Automated ventilation curtains & ceiling fans with variable speed activated on temperature and humidity.
3. New parallel double 6 rapid exit milking parlor. Flexible airbag breast bar customizes to cattle size.
4. Remodeled heifer barn.
5. Breeder and industry panel discussion on Genomics.
6. View several family members of the 4E-95 Lo-Pine Jet Bianca family including a granddaughter sired by Sanchez. The Jacoby x TJR Blondin Delaney x Desire along with other prominent cow families.
7. Several vendors will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate products
8. Lunch will be provided with several door prizes.

Michael & Catherine Leinbach
573-378-4575
7344 Brookside Lane, Barnett, MO

JOB OPENING - COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS

College of the Ozarks Assistant Dairy Manager - The Agriculture Department at College of the Ozarks is seeking a qualified individual for an Assistant Dairy Manager/Manager of Milk Processing and Sales. This is a full-time, permanent position and includes benefits. The successful applicant will also serve as the assistant dairy manager, overseeing dairy facilities cleaning, sanitation, and general maintenance and assisting the Manager with oversight of day-to-day operations of the dairy.

The successful application will be responsible for overseeing the College’s growing milk processing operation, including scheduling processing and bottling operations, maintaining equipment, ensuring that all equipment and processes meet required health and safety standards, maintaining required health department records and reports, and assuring campus operations of a safe, consistent supply of high quality milk.

This position will require some weekend and evening availability. The candidate must demonstrate strong qualities that will represent the five-fold mission of the College through Academic, Vocational, Christian, Cultural, and Patriotic Missions. This position requires a background check.

Please submit resume/application to Vicki Wrosch in the Business Office or Mail to Vicki Wrosch, College of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 17, Point Lookout, MO 65726, or email Wrosch@cofo.edu. Screening of applicants will begin on April 16, 2018, and remain open until filled

Questions: Contact Dairy Manager, Ryan Bilyeu at 417.838.1093 or rbilyeu@cofo.edu.

Details of Revised MPP 2018 Changes - Re-Enrollment open April 9th thru June 1st

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February 2, 2018, the Congress passed, and the President has now signed into law, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (H.R. 1892). This package sets federal spending levels for the next two years and contains a variety of provisions, including dairy policy changes affecting the Margin Protection Program and USDA dairy risk management programs.

As you know, for some time we have been working closely with our allies in Congress to secure necessary improvements to the MPP as well as expanded access to risk management tools for dairy producers. While much of this effort has taken place in the context of the next Farm Bill, we have been pursuing multiple paths to achieve our policy goals. Because of the budget challenges presented by Farm Bill spending limits, Congressional consideration of a supplemental spending bill relating to disaster assistance afforded us a unique opportunity to pursue dairy policy changes in advance of the Farm Bill. A similar need for improved farm program policy facing cotton producers provided added impetus to help garner bipartisan and bicameral support for our efforts.

The bill just passed and enacted into law includes many of the needed MPP reforms and expanded risk management program options that were identified by NMPF’s Economic Policy Committee and subsequently adopted as policy recommendations by the NMPF Board. Taken together, these policy changes will provide meaningful options for producers of all sizes. The changes will be very helpful heading into the 2018 Farm Bill where new budget resources are expected to be limited.

Specifically, the package would:
• Raise the catastrophic coverage level from $4.00 to $5.00 for the first tier of covered production for ALL dairy farmers. Recall that we had discussed restoring the 10 percent cut to the MPP feed formula, which is currently distorted by roughly one dollar. Adjusting the coverage levels is another way of solving that same problem, so Congress has taken a first step in the right direction here.

• Adjust the first tier of covered production to include every dairy farmer’s first five million pounds of annual milk production (about 217 cows) instead of four million pounds, a recognition of the growth in herd sizes across the country. This issue came up in our discussions as well as in Congress over the past year.

• Reduce the premium rates for every producer’s first five million pounds of production, to better enable dairy farmers to afford the higher levels of coverage that will provide more meaningful protection against low margins. No changes were made to the second tier of premiums. Below is a comparison of the old and new rates for the first tier: